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A public utilities commission is a quasi-governmental body that provides oversight and/or regulation of public utilities in a particular area (locality, municipality, or subnational division), especially in the United States and Canada. The utilities in question may be owned by the consumers that it serves, a mutual utility like a public utility district, a state-owned utility, or it may be a stockholder-owned utility either publicly traded on a stock exchange or closely held among just a few investors. These utilities often operate as legal monopolies, which means that they do not compete in a marketplace but are instead regulated by commissions to ensure fair pricing.

Canada

In Canada, a public utilities commission (PUC) is a public utility regulator, typically a semi-independent quasi-judicial tribunal, owned and operated within a municipal or local government system under the oversight of one or more elected commissioners.[1] Its role is analogous to a municipal utility district or public utility district in the US. Below are the PUCs in Canada:

Former commissions in Ontario include:

United States

File:PUC elections in the US.svg
  Appointed by governor
  Appointed by legislature
  Election by single-winner district
  Election at-large for all members
  Election at-large from residency districts; suspended as of 19 August 2022

In the United States, a public utilities commission (PUC), utilities commission, utility regulatory commission (URC), or public service commission (PSC) is a governing body that regulates the rates and services of a public utility, such as an electric utility. In some cases, government bodies with the title "public service commission" may be civil service oversight bodies, rather than utilities regulators. The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners[9] is the national association representing the interests of the public utilities commissions in all 50 states. The Interstate Commerce Commission and Federal Communications Commission perform similar functions in their respective fields in the United States. The first state utility regulator was the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, founded in 1907 under Governor Robert M. La Follette to set minimum standards and regulate rates of monopoly utilities.[10]

PUCs in the US by state

Jurisdiction Organization Members Selection of commissioners
File:Flag of Louisiana.svg Louisiana Louisiana Public Service Commission[11] 5 Elected by district
File:Flag of Mississippi.svg Mississippi Mississippi Public Service Commission[12] 3 Elected by district
File:Flag of Montana.svg Montana Montana Public Service Commission[13] 5 Elected by district
File:Flag of Nebraska.svg Nebraska Nebraska Public Service Commission[14] 5 Elected by district
File:Flag of New Mexico.svg New Mexico New Mexico Public Regulation Commission[15] 3 Elected by district
File:Flag of Alabama.svg Alabama Alabama Public Service Commission[16] 3 Elected at-large
File:Flag of Arizona.svg Arizona Arizona Corporation Commission[17] 5 Elected at-large
File:Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia Public Service Commission[18] 5 Elected at-large from residency districts
File:Flag of North Dakota.svg North Dakota North Dakota Public Service Commission[19] 3 Elected at-large
File:Flag of Oklahoma.svg Oklahoma Oklahoma Corporation Commission[20] 3 Elected at-large
File:Flag of South Dakota.svg South Dakota South Dakota Public Utilities Commission[21] 3 Elected at-large
File:Flag of South Carolina.svg South Carolina South Carolina Public Service Commission[22] 7 Legislative appointment
File:Flag of Virginia.svg Virginia Virginia State Corporation Commission[23] 3 Legislative appointment
File:Flag of Alaska.svg Alaska Regulatory Commission of Alaska[24] Appointed by the governor
File:Flag of Arkansas.svg Arkansas Arkansas Public Service Commission[25] 3 Appointed by the governor
File:Flag of California.svg California California Public Utilities Commission[26] 5 Appointed by the governor
File:Flag of Colorado.svg Colorado Colorado Public Utilities Commission[27] 3 Appointed by the governor
File:Flag of Connecticut.svg Connecticut Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority[28] Appointed by the governor
File:Flag of Delaware.svg Delaware Delaware Public Service Commission[29] 5 Appointed by the governor
File:Flag of Washington, D.C.svg DC District of Columbia Public Service Commission[30] 3 Appointed by the mayor
File:Flag of Florida.svg Florida Florida Public Service Commission[31] 5 Appointed by the governor
File:Flag of Hawaii.svg Hawaii Hawaii Public Utilities Commission[32] 3 Appointed by the governor
File:Flag of Idaho.svg Idaho Idaho Public Utilities Commission[33] 3 Appointed by the governor
File:Flag of Illinois.svg Illinois Illinois Commerce Commission[34] 5 Appointed by the governor
File:Flag of Indiana.svg Indiana Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission[35] 5 Appointed by the governor
File:Flag of Iowa.svg Iowa Iowa Utilities Board[36] 3 Appointed by the governor
File:Flag of Kansas.svg Kansas Kansas Corporation Commission[37] 3 Appointed by the governor
File:Flag of Kentucky.svg Kentucky Kentucky Public Service Commission[38] 3 Appointed by the governor
File:Flag of Maine.svg Maine Maine Public Utilities Commission[39] 3 Appointed by the governor
File:Flag of Maryland.svg Maryland Maryland Public Service Commission[40] 5 Appointed by the governor
File:Flag of Massachusetts.svg Massachusetts Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities[41] 3 Appointed by the governor
File:Flag of Massachusetts.svg Massachusetts Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Cable[42] Appointed by the governor
File:Flag of Michigan.svg Michigan Michigan Public Service Commission[43] 3 Appointed by the governor
File:Flag of Minnesota.svg Minnesota Minnesota Public Utilities Commission[44] 5 Appointed by the governor
File:Flag of Missouri.svg Missouri Missouri Public Service Commission[45] 5 Appointed by the governor
File:Flag of Nevada.svg Nevada Nevada Public Utilities Commission[46] 3 Appointed by the governor
File:Flag of New Hampshire.svg New Hampshire New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission[47] 3 Appointed by the governor
File:Flag of New Jersey.svg New Jersey New Jersey Board of Public Utilities[48] 5 Appointed by the governor
File:Flag of New York.svg New York New York Public Service Commission[49] 7 Appointed by the governor
File:Flag of North Carolina.svg North Carolina North Carolina Utilities Commission[50] 7 Appointed by the governor
File:Flag of Ohio.svg Ohio Public Utilities Commission of Ohio[51] 5 Appointed by the governor
File:Flag of Oregon.svg Oregon Oregon Public Utility Commission[52] 3 Appointed by the governor
File:Flag of Pennsylvania.svg Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission[53] Appointed by the governor
File:Flag of Rhode Island.svg Rhode Island Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission[54] Appointed by the governor
File:Flag of Tennessee.svg Tennessee Tennessee Public Service Commission (1897–1996)

Tennessee Regulatory Authority (since 1996)

3 Appointed by the governor
File:Flag of Texas.svg Texas Railroad Commission of Texas[55] 3 Elected at-large
File:Flag of Texas.svg Texas Texas Public Utility Commission[56] 5 Appointed by the governor
File:Flag of Utah.svg Utah Utah Public Service Commission[57] 3 Appointed by the governor
File:Flag of Vermont.svg Vermont Vermont Department of Public Service[58] Appointed by the governor
File:Flag of Vermont.svg Vermont Vermont Public Utility Commission[59] 3 Appointed by the governor
File:Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg Virgin Islands Virgin Islands Public Services Commission[60] Appointed by the governor
File:Flag of Washington.svg Washington Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission[61] 3 Appointed by the governor
File:Flag of West Virginia.svg West Virginia West Virginia Public Service Commission[62] 3 Appointed by the governor
File:Flag of Wisconsin.svg Wisconsin Public Service Commission of Wisconsin[63] 3 Appointed by the governor
File:Flag of Wyoming.svg Wyoming Wyoming Public Service Commission[64] 3 Appointed by the governor

Local PUCs

Jurisdiction Organization Members Selection of commissioners
File:Flag of San Francisco.svg San Francisco San Francisco Public Utilities Commission[65] 3 Nominated by the Mayor and confirmed by the SF Board of Supervisors

Other countries

Americas
Others

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